デコレーション

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

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A loanword used for decorative items, ornamentation, or festive embellishments, similar to English 'decoration'.

I put up Christmas decorations in the room.

ケーキのデコレーションがとてもきれいだ。

The cake decoration is very beautiful.

〈物もの〉をデコレーションするto decorate something
誕たん生じょう日びのためにケーキをデコレーションした。
I decorated a cake for the birthday.
〈物もの〉にデコレーションを施ほどこすto apply decoration to something
ウェディングケーキに華はなやかなデコレーションを施ほどこした。
They applied elaborate decoration to the wedding cake.

飾かざりN3
デコレーション is a loanword often used for festive or cake decorations, while 飾り is the native Japanese term covering decorations and ornaments more broadly.
装そう飾しょくN1
装飾 is a formal, often architectural or artistic term for ornamentation, whereas デコレーション has a more casual, Western or festive nuance like cake decorating.
デコ
デコレーション is the full, formal word for a decoration, while デコ is its casual clipped form used mainly in compounds like デコトラ.
飾かざり付つけ
デコレーション is a loanword often used for decorative cakes or party settings, whereas 飾り付け is the native Japanese term covering any kind of decorating.

Borrowed from English 'decoration'.